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Blue Full Moon

(3,181 posts)
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 08:59 PM Saturday

The Russian bots on Facebook

Zuckerberg needs to be forced to remove the bots spreading propaganda on Facebook. Almost all pro Trump comments on there are bots. This is actually a national security threat.

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The Russian bots on Facebook (Original Post) Blue Full Moon Saturday OP
They're easy to spot Johonny Saturday #1
Totally agree especially about him needing to be forced to do it BoycottTwitter Saturday #2
I trust the average of the polls, more than the 'bots'.... Jack Valentino Saturday #7
What should we watch for? surfered Saturday #3
I think Threads is where they are the worst Captain Zero Saturday #4
They usually on their profile say digital creator Blue Full Moon 21 hrs ago #10
Zuck is MAGA newdeal2 Saturday #5
I actually saw them 5 years ago, and that's when I quit FB for good FakeNoose Saturday #6
I always thought the whole social-media reality... BurnDoubt Saturday #8
Zuckerberg should..... SergeStorms Yesterday #9
There's no easy way to report them, though. Reader Rabbit 21 hrs ago #11
Report fake profiles Blue Full Moon 20 hrs ago #12
Sadly, it could be too late PatSeg 20 hrs ago #13

BoycottTwitter

(101 posts)
2. Totally agree especially about him needing to be forced to do it
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 09:02 PM
Saturday

You're completely right here! Social consensus or it appearing like "everyone" agrees with you is very powerful and I think the bots are the main reason Trump still has so much support.

The solution is states should force Facebook to remove the bots since I suspect the federal government isn't going to do it now because of the current makeup of congress and of course the president is totally owned by Putin.

Another thing we should all be doing is teaching students to recognize bots and fake news like what Finland is doing: https://apnews.com/article/fake-news-classrooms-finland-russia-194b32d8829838bfe47469d6ff357689

Jack Valentino

(4,396 posts)
7. I trust the average of the polls, more than the 'bots'....
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:18 PM
Saturday

anyway I hardly view 'Facebook' any more,
even though refusing to go there very much
leaves me more disconnected to my extended family....

Captain Zero

(8,752 posts)
4. I think Threads is where they are the worst
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:53 PM
Saturday

Threads is a pseudo X running off of Instagram.
It's all Zuckerberg. FB, Instagram, Threads.

Blue Full Moon

(3,181 posts)
10. They usually on their profile say digital creator
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:28 AM
21 hrs ago

Then pictures that are all AI. Now they have branched out to impersonating military and law enforcement jobs. All the pictures of AI.

newdeal2

(4,814 posts)
5. Zuck is MAGA
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:55 PM
Saturday

He made up with Trump, criticized Biden, and otherwise does not care about anything except making money.

Why do you think he cares and who is going to stop him?

FakeNoose

(40,238 posts)
6. I actually saw them 5 years ago, and that's when I quit FB for good
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:10 PM
Saturday

It was right after January 6th, as I recall. How can people not see what I saw?

BurnDoubt

(1,490 posts)
8. I always thought the whole social-media reality...
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:40 PM
Saturday

had a really high potential for EVIL. It has potential for GOOD, too, but… People.
By the time I got to the fourth letter of “Twitter”, I was moved to avoid it. It sounded like a new way to be free. It totally missed the fact that 1/3 of us thinks being Free is freedom to be an asshole and not have to answer for our hatred. “Opinion” is now “Truth" in the era of “Alternative Facts”.
I think it’s a Fatal Flaw, and it’s manifest a million times a day, and the “arc of Justice” is clearly NOT on the rise. We have a lot of work ahead to rescue our Humanity from the Swamp we’ve created.
ONE post could light the Fuse.
It’s no longer an “if”, but a “when”.

SergeStorms

(20,002 posts)
9. Zuckerberg should.....
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 12:03 AM
Yesterday

but he won't. He's pro-fascist, as long as he's on the fascists "nice" list.

Reader Rabbit

(2,747 posts)
11. There's no easy way to report them, though.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:36 AM
21 hrs ago

I report jack-holes all the time, and "This is a bot account" is never one of the options.

For the record, not a single racist, bigoted, or false information post I have alerted on has ever been taken down.

Blue Full Moon

(3,181 posts)
12. Report fake profiles
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:48 AM
20 hrs ago

They use to delete them. Now there is community standards. Facebook and others needs to be regulated.

PatSeg

(52,226 posts)
13. Sadly, it could be too late
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:57 AM
20 hrs ago

They have already done so much damage and they have a lot of power.

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